Tinubu Lied About My Erosion Control Record In Anambra – Obi

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has accused President Bola Tinubu of misrepresenting his file on erosion management throughout his tenure as governor of Anambra State.

Obi dismissed Tinubu’s declare that he failed to deal with erosion challenges within the state, insisting that he labored with a former Minister of Environment to ascertain the programme at the moment getting used to sort out the issue.

The former Anambra governor spoke on Tuesday throughout an interview on Rhythm FM Jos, forward of the NDC city corridor assembly in Plateau State.

His response adopted feedback by Tinubu at an All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, over the weekend, the place the president alleged that Obi had “ran away from erosion” whereas evaluating his file with environmental initiatives executed in Lagos.

Rejecting the allegation, Obi stated he had approached former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua with a proposal to deal with erosion in Anambra, prompting the late president to direct the then Minister of Environment to develop the intervention.

“On what the president said while campaigning in Akwa Ibom, it’s not true. I, working with the former minister of environment, developed what they’re using today to fight erosion,” he stated.

“I went to President Yar’Adua, made a suggestion to him. He called the minister and said he should go and develop it.”

Obi ruled Anambra State from 2006 to 2014, when a number of communities within the state confronted critical erosion issues.

Tinubu had questioned his capability to manipulate the nation on the Uyo rally, pointing to the erosion challenges in Anambra as proof of his alleged shortcomings as governor.

Explaining his go to to Plateau State, Obi stated he supposed to work together with residents, perceive their challenges and listen to their experiences earlier than embarking on marketing campaign rallies.

He maintained that political leaders ought to first perceive the difficulties confronting residents earlier than presenting their plans and guarantees for addressing them.

The NDC candidate additionally recognized insecurity throughout elements of central Nigeria as a serious concern, arguing that residents should have the ability to return to their communities, interact in farming and conduct their companies with out concern of assaults.

He stated his administration, if elected, would give precedence to important public providers, notably training, healthcare and insurance coverage assist for susceptible Nigerians.

“Unless children go to school without fear, unless parents go to farms without fear, we don’t have a country,” he stated.

“You cannot stay in a developing country and a developing world if you have poor health accessibility and poor education accessibility. Education and health are the foundation for development. I will invest in them.”